• McBinary@kbin.social
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    Do you have a Chromecast? Install “smarttube” instead. It strips out all ads, and even has sponsor block built in so it skips sponsor stuff in video.

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      1 year ago

      Can’t believe I hadn’t heard of this. Would always cast from my ad-blocked PC. But now I can use this - Thanks!

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        I don’t know, I use uBlock Origin for Chrome (not sure if there are equivalents for other browsers) and I never see adds from my desktop, with a free account.

        It does not scrap out sponsor babble but it definitely blocks youtube adds.

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          Pretty sure OP and others above are talking about from smart enabled media devices like Amazon firestick or google’s equivalent chromecast, a hardware device you plugin to your tv, not the chromecast capability.

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            OK I must admit I’m very old in Internet time and I didn’t get that they were not talking about a simple navigator on desktop. I do have a smart vaccum cleaner robot which is not a roomba, although I managed to connect it to my wifi and I can control it from an app on my smartphone. Just trying to keep up.

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      Thanks for this comment. I just set this up on my Chromecast HD and it works incredibly well. I may just cancel YouTube premium now!